Roll-calendar.



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ROLL CALENDAR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-28. L916.

Patented May 28, 19121 SEND, F GALVESTON, flj? menses.

dpeclflcation oi Eettera Patent.

Patented dbl...

application filled November 12B, 1918. Serial 1%. ldtblt.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC W. TownsENn, a citizen of the United States,residmg at Galveston,- in the county of Galveston and vState of Texas,have invented new and useful Improvements in Roll-Calendars, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention is an improved roll calendar comprising a calendar strip,a pair of rolls to which the ends of the calendar strip are attached anda housing and display casing in which the rollers are mounted forrotation so that the calendar strip may be moved in either direction todisplay any calendar month desired, the object of the invention being toprovide an improved calbill endar of this kind which and simple, whichmay be readily operated, and which embodies improvements in theconstruction of the casing and also embodies improvements in theconstruction and arrangement of the rollers.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangementof devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a roll calendar constructed andarranged in accordance with, my invention.

Figs. 2 and 3 are detailed sectional views of the same.

In the embodiment of my vide a casingl which may board or any whichcomprises a back 2, semi-circular ends, members 4 which is extremelycheap invention 1 probe made of card sides 3 having and upper and lowerend are semi-cylindrical in form and which are provided with flanges 5which engage around the semi-circular ends of the side walls 3. The sidewalls 3 are formed integrally with the back and are bent at right-anglesthereto. The ends 4 are secured at their rear sides to the back asshown. The upper end is provided on the rear side with a ring 6 toenable the calendarto be hung from a nail.

The calendar strip has its end attached to rollers 8. The rollers arearranged between the side walls 3 of the casing and are each othersuitable material and ends of said side. we

provided at the ends with turning knobs 9,

the knobs having broadened 'inner ends which bear directly on the outersides of the side walls 3 of the casing. The knobs are connected to therollers by stems 10 which stems are of less diameter than the inner endsof the knobs and also of less diameter than the rollers and extendthrough and are arranged for rotation in bearing openings in the sidewalls 3 and enter bores in the ends of the rollers so that the stems ofthe knobs form the journals for the rollers to permit the latter to berotated in the desired direction by the knobs, to move the calendarstrip so as to .display any month desired. The rollers being arrangedwith their ends opposed to the inner sides of the side walls 3, and theroller knobs being-arranged with their inner ends opposed to the outersides of said side walls. It will be understood that the rollers withtheir knobs are not only mounted for rotation in the side walls but alsoserve to brace and strengthen the side walls and thereby greatlyincrease the strength and durability of the casing.

To enable the calendar to be supported in a slightly inclined positionon a desk or the like I provide the back of the calendar with a foldableleg 11 which may be made of card-board or other suitable material.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A roll calendar comprising a casing including a back, side wallsintegral with and extending at right angles to said back, the

s extending beyond the top and bottom edges of said back and, beingsemi-circular, substantially semi-cylindrical end walls disposed uponthe semi circular ends of said side walls and overlapping the top andbottom edges of said ack, flanges on the ends of said end walls bent toengage the side walls, rollers journaled between said side walls, and acontinuous strip wound upon said rollers.

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